psychical
adjective [ before noun ] uk/ˈsaɪ.kɪ.kəl/ us/ˈsaɪ.kɪ.kəl/
(SPECIAL ABILITY)
有特异功能的;通灵的
relating to special mental abilities or to events that cannot be explained by science, such as the ability to know what will happen in the future or the appearance of ghosts
The Society for Psychical Research is investigating reports of a ghost at the old vicarage. 心灵研究学会正在调查关于牧师旧宅闹鬼的报告。
Many photographic images have been claimed, in their day, to be irrefutable proof of psychical activity. 在他们那个时代，许多照片被认为是灵异事件的无可辩驳的证据。
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- He submits to a test that claims to measure psychical capacity by studying the subject's effects on a random-number generator.
- The matter of life after death has fascinated both both psychical and scientific researchers.
- He cofounded the Parapsychology Laboratory and is generally recognized as the founder of modern studies of psychical phenomena.
(MENTAL)
（与身体相对的）精神的
relating to or happening in the mind rather than in the body
Yoga was an effort to attain perfection through the control of the different elements of human nature, physical and psychical. 瑜伽意图通过掌控人的不同组成部分，即身体和精神，来达到完美。
Psychical blindness is a condition in which there is a total absence of visual memory-images. 精神性失明是一种完全没有视觉记忆图像的病症。
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- In this film fighting operates as a metaphor, on both the physical and psychical levels.
- There is a supposition that deep psychical drives manifest themselves in our behavior.
- Some psychologists have sought to reduce the notion of the ego to physiological as well as psychical factors.